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El Bosc Negre

El Bosc Negre

Vintage

2022

Winemaking

Grapes hand-harvested and individually selected on a sorting table. Fermentation and maceration with the skins for 15 days. Aged for 9 months in French oak barrels. The wine has fermented with indigenous yeasts and has not been clarified or filtered to preserve its purity.

Tasting note

It displays an intense golden color with a glyceric layer. This white wine offers intense aromas of orange peel, honey, and Mediterranean medicinal herbs. On the palate, it is very voluminous and long, with a characteristic bitter finish of the grape variety.

Food pairing

A skin-contact white wine with structure and character. Perfect pairing with roast lamb shoulder, confit duck or spiced chicken, as well as with aged, strong cheeses and game pâtés. A versatile wine that calls for bold, flavourful dishes.

Characteristics

El Bosc Negre is a vineyard with small dry stone terraces located in the Ordal Mountains. It is our highest vineyard, situated at an altitude of 400 meters, and was planted in 1962. Its boomerang shape provides the vines with a double and interesting sun exposure, allowing the production of a rich and balanced wine. Some of the terraces face east, toward the Port of Ordal, while the other part faces west, overlooking the Penedès plain.

Tecnical data

Alcohol content: 12% vol.
Total acidity (sulfuric): 4.2 g/l
Volatile acidity: 0.37 g/l
PH: 3,17
Residual sugar: 2,2 g/l
Total SO2: 86 mg/l
Nutritional data

Nutritional data

2022
Guia de Vins de Catalunya 2024: 9,70 
Catalunya
2022
Tim Atkin 2025: 95 punts 
UK
2022
Guia Peñín 2027: 91 punts
Espanya
2022
James Suckling 2026: 93 punts
Details...
Spiced and savory, offering aromas of ripe peaches, dried tangerine peel and honeysuckle with touches of crushed stones and citrus zest. Dry and lightly salty on the palate, with a medium to full body and a vibrant, juicy core. Lively, textural and precise, with an energetic finish. From organically grown grapes. Vegan. Drink or hold.
USA
2022
Miquel Udin 2025: 93+ 
Espanya
2022
Tim Atkin 2026: 95 punts
Details...
A beautifully resolved Brisat wine, focusing on Xarel·lo character, dried apples, peach and orange peel touched with honey, a gentle tannic frame bringing structure without heaviness.
UK
2021
Mundus Vini 2023: Gold Medal 
2021
Guía Peñín 2024: 92 punts 
Espanya
2021
James Suckling 2023: 94 punts 
USA
2021
Tim Atkin 2024: 95 punts ( wines of the year) 
UK
2021
Guía Peñín 2025: 93 punts
Espanya
2021
Premis Vinari 2024: Gran Or 
Catalunya
El Bosc Negre

The Vineyard

At nearly 400 meters above sea level, in the Ordal Mountains, lies the Bosc Negre - black forest - vineyard. It is a small natural haven formed by dry stone terraces and completely surrounded by Mediterranean forest. It is Albet i Noya’s highest vineyard and one of the most unique.

Planted mostly in the late 1960s, the plot unfolds in a boomerang shape, with a dual orientation that gives the grapes very distinctive nuances: part of the vineyard faces east, toward the Ordal Mountains; the other faces west, overlooking the Penedès plain. This combination creates a perfect balance between freshness and ripeness.

At the highest point of the estate, a dry stone monument by Víctor Mata — created in collaboration with the Centre d’Estudis de Subirats — pays tribute to the ancestral craft that shapes this landscape.

El Bosc Negre

Variety: Xarel·lo
Year of planting: 1995
Training system: Vas
Soil type: Loam-clay texture, with calcareous nodules, shallow depth, and outcrops of bedrock in some areas.
Altitude: 398m

L’oncle Pau

Variety: Xarel·lo
Year of planting: 1969
Training system: Vas
Loam-clay texture, with calcareous nodules, shallow depth, and outcrops of bedrock in some areas.
Altitude: 388m


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